![]() His Twitter post the day after Matthew’s death was written in the condensed and hash-tagged form required in the social media world. It wasn’t long before Warren began taking to social media to unspool his thoughts and emotions, spreading his message, allowing others to respond. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. Word of the suicide first came in a brief statement Warren made via his church’s website shortly after the tragedy: While Matthew Warren may not have suffered from sports related illness, his recent death shows how tough it is to diagnose someone that shows few previous signs of trouble, which can be anyone inside and outside of sports.Warren has been on the cover of Time magazine, gave the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009 and founded one of the nation’s largest churches (its main south Orange County campus sees 22,000 parishioners a week).īut this week, he has shied away from public appearances or press statements, choosing instead to control his own message on his own terms. Thomas was often the one of the most popular students to be around, and was known to be a kind and outgoing young man similar to Matthew Warren, who many that were around him on a daily basis said they never would have expected him to die in that way. Owen Thomas, an offensive lineman for the Quakers with "no previous history of depression" was later found to have "early stages" of CTE after physicians at Boston University studied Thomas' death. In 2010, an up-and-coming football star at the University of Pennsylvania was found dead in his West Philadelphia apartment. Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh said the 44-year-old's brain had become that of an 85-year-old, saying that the likely cause was his participation in professional football. In 2006, Andre Waters, a then-retired Philadelphia Eagles safety shot himself in his Florida home allegedly without warning or a note. The recent suicide of NFL veteran Junior Seau was said to be caused by "repeated head trauma" which damaged his brain through a disease called chronic traumatic encephalophy, or CTE. In the last few years a number of football players both retired and active have suffered a death through similarly otherwise unseen and unknown situations. In response, the league has enacted stricter rules regarding how a defender can tackle or block an oncoming offensive player. Experts have said that the 'smashmouth' quality of football often causes unseen cranial damage after repeated hits to the head. The National Football League has been investigating the issue as well. There have been increasingly frequent instances of otherwise cheerful and hard-working people that have unfortunately died from their mental illness. Rick Warren said he had offered Matthew numerous different types of treatment from multiple medical professionals, but that it was not enough to save the troubled young man. ![]() Rick Warren then said his son died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, shortly after Rick and his wife Kay enjoyed a "fun" family evening together. He cited the "dark holes of depression and suicidal thoughts" that Matthew endured. However, Warren noted that Matthew suffered from mental illness of which he did not specify. "You who watched Matthew grow up knew he was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate man," Rick Warren wrote, noting that Matthew was often gregarious and enjoyed interacting with church members. Rick Warren cited the fact that much of the staff had been with him and the congregation of over 20,000 the Saddleback Church welcomed for the last 33 years. In an open letter to the staff of his church, the Saddleback Church, he explained some of his explanations for how Matthew Warren likely died. ![]() Matthew Warren, 27, of California died Friday. Rick Warren's son's autopsy is currently underway. Warren's son Matthew committed suicide Friday. Pastor Rick Warren speaks from the pulpit at his Lake Forest, Calif., megachurch.
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